1 9 45 https://germanletters.org/files/original/5c2148646c846d72af22f4bac048aa05.jpg 4a9e04fd3a8c7d5c981583c8081a964b Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wiesbaden, d. 30. 3. 26. Lieber Karl. Deinen lieben Brief vom 10. 3. haben wir er- halten, besten Dank für deine ausführlichen Berichte. Von deinen Fragen habe ich schon einige im vorigen Brief beantwortet. In Betreff der vermieteten Werkstatt kann ich dir noch schreiben, daß wir sie, wie Vater sie geräumt hat abgegeben haben. Kraftleitung, Telefon, hat alles sich der Mieter gelegt. Es ging damals sehr eilig, daß alle Abmachungen nur mündlich geschahen. Wir haben nur vorläufig auf 1 Jahr vermietet. Wird die Miete immer pünktlich bezahlt, so ist das ja die Hauptsache. Über den Betrieb können wir sonst nicht klagen. Sie haben auch eben sehr schön zu tun. Weimar ist so ein richtiger Inflationsmensch. Er kümmert sich auch nicht viel ums Geschäft, der junge Mann, welchen er hat, macht das meiste. Der will auch von ihm, alles über nehmen, gegen eine monatlich Abgabe von 300 Mark. Wir wollen sehen was wird. Jedenfalls haben wir das Geschäft </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0009_0001.jpg Title A name given to the resource Wilhelm Emmel to Karl Emmel, March 30, 1926, p. 1 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0009]] [[Category:Page_1]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> https://germanletters.org/files/original/61c3ef948dfb4e44e5cb2b44be2960d3.jpg 70c6db04f8c2c4c5997f203c6ba3a91d Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 2 ] </p><p>und es hat zu tun, folglich ist uns auch die Miete sicher. Es ist eben nicht leicht einen gut situierten Mieter zu finden. Da eben keiner Geld hat. Man muß immer das Beste hoffen. Singer ging freiwillig heraus, um sich zu verkleinern. Geschäftlich ist es noch nicht viel besser geworden. Vater hat seine Pultchen soweit fertig, auch sonst noch einige Kleinig- keiten zu machen. Dann muß er das Kämmerchen in der Torfahrt wieder zumachen. Er muß es 40 cm erhöhen damit das Auto durchgeht. Die Wasserleitung ist gemacht, jetzt läuft es wieder tüchtig auch im Dachstock hinten. Vorige Woche haben wir Hausputz gehalten. Wir heizen jetzt nicht mehr im Zimmer. Vorige Woche war es hell u. kalt u. ging ein sehr scharfer Ostwind. Jetzt ist es wieder mild u. regnet etwas. Jo- hanna u. Vater gehen Ostern nach Stenden. Die Stendener Tante hat uns alle eingeladen zur Kon- firmation ihrer Tochter Luise. Hier sind die Kinder am Sonntag schon konfirmiert worden. Wißmas beide waren dabei. In Aumenau ist die Frau </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0009_0002.jpg Title A name given to the resource Wilhelm Emmel to Karl Emmel, March 30, 1926, p. 2 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0009]] [[Category:Page_2]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> https://germanletters.org/files/original/dd845e9742e7ed19b0e1f8c7dcef38e7.jpg 20e690b87d7509dd07e3dc08245bf941 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 3 ] </p><p>rate ihm ab, denn erstens braucht er sich noch nicht zu binden, da er ja noch jung ist, u. dann gibt es ja auch noch andere Mädchen hier. So eine wie Ida, wird es auch drüben geben. Doch solltest du darüber einmal etwas zu Willy sagen, so sage es in Ruhe, damit er nicht be- leidigt wird, sonst erreichen wir das gerade Ge- genteil. In Nordenstadt wird es doch nun bald zu einer Hochzeit kommen. Am vorigen Sonntag hat die Fräulein Weigel die Braut in Nordenstadt vorgeführt. Ewalds u. der Petter waren doch immer noch uneinig, wegen der Licher Erbschaft, als damals Lenchen fortging war er u. die Tante doch mit in Frankfurt am andern Tag, hat der Petter sich furchtbar mit Ewalds gezankt u. von da an war immer noch Feindschaft. Er wartete in Nordenstadt immer, daß sie kommen u. ihn um Verzeihung bitten sollten, Ewalds kamen aber nicht. Nun wollte er doch immer haben, Wilhelm sollte die Schelde Minna nehmen, aber die Tante wollte </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0009_0003.jpg Title A name given to the resource Wilhelm Emmel to Karl Emmel, March 30, 1926, p. 3 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0009]] [[Category:Page_3]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> https://germanletters.org/files/original/44a1d6ac58250532f61adedbfe49f967.jpg d4a86d5da48935df61fee110f09b9a88 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0009_0004.jpg Title A name given to the resource Wilhelm Emmel to Karl Emmel, March 30, 1926, p. 4 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0009]] [[Category:Page_4]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 4:] </p><p>von Schelde nichts wissen, folglich der Wilhelm auch nicht. Da nun jetzt die Arbeit anfängt wurde es dem Alten angst u. er machte sich auf nach Frankfurt um Ewalds zu versöhnen u. am Sonntag darauf erschien die Lieni mit der Braut. Wilhelm brauch noch nicht ja zu sagen, das besorgen schon all die andern. Wilhelm will doch nur was die Mut- ter will. Die Frankfurter würden sich ja nicht so sehr ins Zeug legen, wenn sie es nicht für ihre Schwester täten. Jetzt wird der Alte auch bald einmal nach Altendorf fahren um die Sache in Ordnung zu bringen. Er versteht doch das alles besser als Wilhelm auch muß Wilhelm die Arbeit machen, da kann er nicht auf die Brautschau gehen. Sie hätten auch dazu kein Geld sagt sein Vater. Ich will nun Schluß machen indem ich Euch allen gesegnete Ostern wünsche auch der Tante Jo- hanna wünsche ich gute Besserung. Von uns allen noch viele herzliche Grüße besonders von deiner dichliebenden Mutter. </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emmel Family Letters Description An account of the resource This collection contains letters sent to Karl Emmel of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the bulk of which were written by his parents Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, with additional letters written by Karl Emmel's sister Johanna. Karl Emmel immigrated to the United States in 1925. His parents, Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, of Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau, wrote lengthy letters to their son almost every month until they also chose to immigrate to the United States in 1927. In 1937, the couple returned to Germany and lived there until their deaths. Between 1937 and 1941 they once again took up the habit of writing a letter each month to their son in the United States. The final letter in this collection was written in 1945, just after the end of World War II in Europe. The early group of letters describe Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel's preparations for migrating to the United States. In the second group of letters, their experiences of living with rationing and making do in the context of war are primary themes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel family collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ruth Emmel Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Green Bay, Wisconsin Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Ilse Baker Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. [<em>Partial translation</em>]<br /><br />30 March 1926<br /><br /> […]concerning the shop we rented out, all I can tell you is that we let the renter take it over the way it was after Father moved all his things out of it. The renter had power and telephone lines installed[…] At this point, we only have a one-year contract to rent out the space. The important thing is that the rent is always paid on time. […]Weimar is a real inflation type. He is not very involved in his business, either. The young employee he has takes care of everything. He wants to take over everything from Weimar for a monthly fee of 300 marks. At any rate, the business is located in our house, and it is making money. Consequently, we will receive our rent. […] Father has finished the little desks and needs to make a few other small items. After that, he needs to close up the little room at the front of the gate again. He has to make it 16 inches higher for the car to fit through […] Johanna and Father are going to Steeden for Easter. Our aunt in Steeden invited us all to the confirmation of her daughter Luise. Here, the children were confirmed on Sunday already. Wissners’ two children were confirmed as well. Mrs. Hasselbach in Aumenau passed away. She was a sister of our aunt in Nordenstadt and, just like her, died from the flu and pneumonia. The elder Naus couple left Hamburg aboard the “Deutschland” to travel to America. They said it was for a year at this point. They will first go to see their son, who is a professor in the south. From there, they will keep traveling north until they reach Wisconsin. Once there, they intend to contact Lenchen. They would like to see all of you while they are there. […] On April 4th, Karl from Beuerbach is leaving aboard the “Hamburg”; this will be the ship’s first voyage. We heard that he wanted to return his ticket. However, Wilhelm informed him in a letter that he would not take the loss. Karl has no money and therefore will have to go. He did tell the aunt in Ennerich, however, that he promised his future wife he would come back, should she not want to go to America. He came to see us as well, but did not say anything about that. Otherwise, Father would surely have given him a piece of his mind. Granted, Karl is a nice young man, but terribly dumb. He is the kind they like in Schönborn, one who will spend 3 hours traveling to and from work.<br /><br />I want to tell you about something that has been on my mind. Karl told Father during his visit in Beuerbach that Willy intends to marry a girl from Schönborn as well when the time comes. Willy is thinking of Ida, who is Johanna’s age. However, we do wish for Willy to have a better wife than her some day. Yet, I do not want to write to Willy about it myself. Should you notice that he is sending letters to Schönborn, please advise against it. First of all, he is still very young and does not need to commit yet; second, there are plenty of other girls here. Furthermore, I am quite certain that there is an Ida somewhere over there as well. Should you say something to Willy, please do so very gently. You do not want to insult him; otherwise the discussion might have the opposite of its intended effect.<br /><br />There will be a wedding in Nordenstadt after all. Two Sundays ago, Miss Weigel introduced the bride to the family members in Nordenstadt. As you know, the Ewald family and Petter had still been at odds with each other because of a disagreement over the Licher inheritance. The day after Lenchen’s departure, Petter and Aunt went to Frankfurt, where Petter ended up getting into a terrible argument with the Ewalds. They had been enemies ever since. Petter kept waiting in Nordenstadt for them to come and ask for his forgiveness. However, the Ewalds never came. As you know, though, Petter always wanted Wilhelm to marry Minna Schelde, but Aunt did not even want to hear the name Schelde. Consequently, Wilhelm did not, either. But when all the work began again, the old folks got scared. So Petter went to Frankfurt to make peace with the Ewalds, and on the following Sunday Bieni showed up with the bride. There is no need for Wilhelm to say “yes” yet; all the other ones are doing that for him. After all, Wilhelm only wants what his mother wants. The Frankfurt branch of the family would not put this much effort into everything, were it not for their sister. Soon, Petter will go to Allendorf again to finalize things. Admittedly, he knows more about these things than Wilhelm does. Moreover, Wilhelm needs to do the work and does not have the time to go looking for a bride. There is no money for Wilhelm to do so anyway, his father says. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilhelm Emmel to Karl Emmel, March 30, 1926 Description An account of the resource Letter from Wilhelm Emmel to his son, Karl Emmel, March 30, 1926. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wilhelm Emmel Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Karl Emmel Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel Family Letters Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Emmel family collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1926-03-30 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Emmel_0009 Emmel_1926_03_30 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau Extent The size or duration of the resource. 4 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Scripto Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 100000 1920-1929 https://germanletters.org/files/original/1d08b8bd214001c93b083b90417a7a50.jpg 3cfec96c92cca2bc832d0de0ae81a433 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wiesbaden, d. 30. 4. 26. Lieber Karl! Deinen lieben Brief vom 13. haben wir heute Morgen erhalten. Vielen Dank für dein liebes Bild, wir haben dich alle noch gekannt, hast Dich nach unserer Ansicht noch nicht verändert. Bei uns ist es heute wieder sehr schön warm, sitze heute zum erstenmal im großen Zimmer u. schreibe sogar bei offenem Fenster. Auch bei Euch wird es unter dessen wohl warm ge- worden sein, die Ostern war es hier so warm wie mitten im Sommer, doch die ganze Zeit nach Ostern war es sehr kühl. Diesen Monat bekommen wir 94 rsp. 90&#160;% Miete. Davon sind 36 Hauszinssteuer. Da schimpfen die Mieter schön. Der alte Mehl war so unverschämt wegen der 15 Mark Licht, trotzdem wir ihnen diese Woche die Küche haben machen lassen. Ritterlings </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0010_0001.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, April 30, 1926, p. 1 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0010]] [[Category:Page_1]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> https://germanletters.org/files/original/2bd9f08ef3a7185e4e4ec55a7dfb3dcf.jpg bab23d78b4620e2ecb64c92ea09f6a57 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 2: ] </p><p>Küche ist auch gemacht worden. … lassen ihre selbst machen. Vater hat die Torfahrt jetzt wieder in Ordnung. Da er nichts zutun hat hat er die hintere Torfart sammt den Toren gestrichen, auch im Hof sämmtliche Türen u. Fenster an den Werkstätten. Die vordere Tor- fart haben wir schön abgewaschen, da soll der Endres den Sockel ausbessern u. auch die Holzfarben am mittleren Tor, dann ist wieder alles in Ordnung. Damit hoffen wir für dieses Jahr als wieder einmal genug getan zu haben. In Nordenstadt wird eben mit aller Macht an der Heirat geschafft. Im Winter hat die Tante ja schon immer davon gesprochen, als würde das Mädchen alle zehn Finger danach lecken, wenn nur Wilhelm wollte. Das scheint aber doch nicht so gewesen zu sein. Die Frl. Weigel hat dem Mädchen garnicht gesagt, weshalb sie </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0010_0002.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, April 30, 1926, p. 2 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0010]] [[Category:Page_2]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> https://germanletters.org/files/original/23e1f872d93d8d4304db37ccaf2ccf7e.jpg a912d9a34bdbb1f38a7ecf3ecdd1cd98 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 3: ] </p><p>nach Nordenstadt eingeladen war, erst auf dem Hinnweg hat sie es ihr gesagt. Darauf hat das Mädchen es der Schelte Anna welche auch in Frankfurt ist erzählt u. diese ihr dann auch gesagt, daß Petter schon wegen ihrer Schwester Minna gefragt hat. Der Petter schrieb jetzt im Auftrag der Tante einen sehr rührenden Brief nach Allendorf an die Eltern, u. fragte an ob er den Sonntag nach Ostern hinkommen könne um die Sache entgültig zu ordnen. Darauf er- hielten sie einen Brief worinnen stand unter anderem, sie die Eltern hätten nichts dagegen doch ihre Tochter könnte sich nicht so schnell dazu entscheiden, u. auch sicher was die Schelte Anna gesagt hat. Darauf ließ die Alte zu Hause alles stehen u. liegen u. fuhr nach Frankfurt um Wilhelms Glück zu retten. Den Sonntag darauf mußte Wilhelm nach Frankfurt u. am Sonn- tag war der Alte in Allendorf. Was es gegeben hat wissen wir noch nicht, doch sagte Ernst, die Verlobung sei in Nordenstadt u. die Hochzeit in Allendorf. </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0010_0003.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, April 30, 1926, p. 3 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0010]] [[Category:Page_3]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> https://germanletters.org/files/original/a6ba345c379e6f6813d53d5168c6964a.jpg 1f515254a1610e96f23f228b3fad6157 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 4: ] </p><p>Die Eltern von dem Mädchen kennen Wilhelm doch noch gar nicht, da fragen sie draußen auch nichts danach, sie brauchen eine Stallmagd wie H. Kurz gesagt hat, u. daß die Mutter Hilfe be- kommt, wovon die Jungen leben sollen ist al- les Nebensache. Sie haben gerade noch so wenig Geld wie voriges Jahr, geben im halben Jahr 5 Mark Kirchensteuer u.s.w. Luischen soll wieder nach Haus, es will aber nicht da Will- helm sehr schön zu tun hat auf Pfingsten, doch ihr Vater wollte sie trotzdem mitbringen. Über ihren Karl ist Petter sehr bös, da er garnicht schreibt auch nicht auf seinen Geburtstag, Lenchen schreibt auch nicht genug, neulich sagte er zu unserem Vater, es sei ihm leid, daß er so Kinder großgezogen hätte. Er will mit seinen Briefen von den Kindern so im Dorf her- um gehen u. renommieren. Von Anfang hat Len- als Briefe geschrieben, wo man garnicht wußte was man dazu sagen sollte, sie flossen gerade über von Dankbarkeit, für die über große Liebe (wörtlich) </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0010_0004.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, April 30, 1926, p. 4 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0010]] [[Category:Page_4]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> https://germanletters.org/files/original/9d436a1649c4d166926f70cf482309fd.jpg db37408cd4b1ad8d0da854e9b66e5300 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 5:] </p><p>die es zu Hause erfahren hätte. Wenn man denkt wie die Mädchen von zu Hause fort sind da muß man den Kopf schütteln, sie werden es schon noch merken. Gestern war auch Wilhelm von Bechtheim hier. Minchen liegt noch fest im Bett, bekommt auch wieder ein Kind. Er hat jetzt seine Schwiegereltern bei sich auch eine Magd u. Knecht, wie er das nur fertig bringt. Pfingsten will ich u. Johanna nach Stenden, da ist der große Sängertag. Pfr. Nickel kommt erst noch einmal her, ehe es mach Stenden geht. Theo Müller ist vor 14 Tagen nach Berlin aufs Seminar. Sie sagen immer noch Heini käme wieder um hier zu studieren, Volkswirtschaft. Der kleine Litzinger hat ausgelernt u. hat heute eine Stelle angetreten in Crefeld. Hätte er sonst etwas gelernt, so wäre er auch arbeitslos. Es ist hier noch viel schlechter geworden, Schreiner u. Schlosser haben gar nichts zu tun, wo für die Arbeit herkommen soll weiß kein Mensch. Eine Lehrstelle zu bekommen ist eine Kunst, manche Städte wollen die Kinder 9 Jahre </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0010_0005.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, April 30, 1926, p. 5 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0010]] [[Category:Page_5]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> https://germanletters.org/files/original/b794bf28116ab4ddb33ec7c66f395d86.jpg 269da2b703eb3ea45d6b5f011f18bd1e Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 6: ] </p><p>in der Schule lassen damit sie nicht als mehr auf der Straße liegen. Wenn ich das alles ansehe, dann bin ich froh, daß Ihr doch Euren Lebensunter- halt verdient, wenn du an Kleider etwas nötig hast, kannst du es dir doch kaufen, Wenn Ihr draußen seid zum vermessen fahrt Ihr da Abends heim oder bleibt Ihr sonstwo. Du bist umgezogen schreibst du, zu was für einer Kirche gehört denn der Lehrer der bei dir wohnte Bist du noch mit dem Essen zufrieden? Jetzt wird wohl auch Willy sein Auto bald bekommen dann hat ja jeder eines, wenn er es aber auch immer vertauschen will wie Karl, dann wird er sein Geld auch los. Das wird er wohl nicht tun. Bei Karl ist das ja erblich. Wenn Du nach Forest kommst so grüße sie alle von uns, auch alle andern u. Willy, er wird wohl auch bald wieder schreiben. Bei uns geht es sonst noch gut, was ich auch von dir hoffe. Sei vielmals gegrüßt von uns allen besonders von deiner dichliebenden Mutter. </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0010_0006.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, April 30, 1926, p. 6 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0010]] [[Category:Page_6]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emmel Family Letters Description An account of the resource This collection contains letters sent to Karl Emmel of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the bulk of which were written by his parents Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, with additional letters written by Karl Emmel's sister Johanna. Karl Emmel immigrated to the United States in 1925. His parents, Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, of Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau, wrote lengthy letters to their son almost every month until they also chose to immigrate to the United States in 1927. In 1937, the couple returned to Germany and lived there until their deaths. Between 1937 and 1941 they once again took up the habit of writing a letter each month to their son in the United States. The final letter in this collection was written in 1945, just after the end of World War II in Europe. The early group of letters describe Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel's preparations for migrating to the United States. In the second group of letters, their experiences of living with rationing and making do in the context of war are primary themes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel family collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ruth Emmel Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Green Bay, Wisconsin Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Ilse Baker Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. [<em>Partial translation</em>]<br /><br />30 April 1926 <br /><br />[…]It was very warm here at Easter, just like in mid-summer. […] This month, we are receiving 90% in rental fees, 36 of which are apartment rent. The renters are all complaining loudly […] Old Mehl got very impudent over the 15 marks he needed to pay for his electricity bill, even though we just renovated their kitchen this week. We did Ritterlings’ kitchen as well. […]Father also repaired the front of the entrance gate. Since he had nothing else to do, he painted the entrance and gate as well as all the doors and windows of the shops facing the courtyard. We washed down the entire front of the entrance gate, too.<br /><br />In Nordenstadt, they are moving heaven and earth to make the wedding happen. All through the winter, Aunt has been talking as if the girl was dying to get married to Wilhelm and as if it was just a question of whether Wilhelm wanted to marry her. The former does not seem to be the case, however. Miss Weigel had not told the girl why she was invited to Nordenstadt. She did not say anything until they were on their way home. Consequently, the girl talked to Anna Schelde, who also lives in Frankfurt, and learned from her that Petter had previously asked about her sister Minna on his son’s behalf. After that, following Aunt’s orders, Petter sent a very moving letter to the parents in Allendorf. In it, he asked whether he could come and see them on Sunday after Easter in order to straighten everything out once and for all. In response, Petter and Aunt received a letter saying – among other things – that they, the parents, were not against it, but that their daughter needed more time to decide. I am quite sure that they also mentioned what Anna Schelde had told the girl. Following that, Petter dropped everything and traveled to Frankfurt to save his son’s happiness. On the following Sunday, Wilhelm was sent to Frankfurt, and last Sunday Petter was in Allendorf. We do not know any details yet, but Ernst did tell us that the engagement will be celebrated in Nordenstadt and the wedding in Allendorf. The girl’s parents have not even met Wilhelm yet. Petter and Aunt, however, do not seem to care much about that. They need a milkmaid, as H. Kurz expressed it, and Aunt needs help as well. Whether the young couple will be able to make a living is of minor importance. The family has just as little money as last year; they pay 5 marks in church tax every six months, etc. Little Luise is supposed to come home again, but does not want to do so because Wilhelm will have a lot of work waiting by Pentecost. But her father wants to bring her back anyway. Petter is quite mad at their son Karl because he does not write at all, not even for Petter’s birthday. Lenchen does not write often enough, either. Recently, Petter told Father that he was fed up with the way his children had turned out. Nevertheless, he wants to go around the village and show off the letters of his children. Right at the beginning, Lenchen started writing letters that seemed quite puzzling to us. They overflowed with gratitude and with professions of the exceptional love (literally) she had received from her parents. Think about the way the girls left their home, and you can only shake your head. Sooner or later they will realize how things really are.<br /><br />Wilhelm from Bechtheim was here as well yesterday. Minchen still needs plenty of bed rest; in addition, she is expecting again. Wilhelm now has his parents-in-law living with him as well as a maid and a farmhand. How does he do it? On Whitsunday, Johanna and I intend to go to Steeden to attend a big choral festival. Reverend Nickel is coming here again before going to Steeden.<br /><br />Theo Müller left for the seminary in Berlin two weeks ago. We are still hearing that Heini is coming back to study economics here. […] The situation has become much worse yet. Carpenters and metalworkers cannot find any work whatsoever[…]finding an apprenticeship placement is virtually impossible […] some cities are considering making 9 years of schooling mandatory in order to keep the young people off the streets […] Seeing all this, I am glad that at least you are able to make a living. If you need new clothes, at least you can buy some […] you moved; which church did you join? […] Do you still like the food there? Soon, Willy will get his car as well. Then you will both have one. However, if he starts trading in his cars all the time – like Karl does – he will lose money in a hurry. I guess he knows better than that. With Karl it is hereditary as we know. Kindest regards to all of you, Mother. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, April 30, 1926 Description An account of the resource Letter from Caroline Emmel to her son, Karl Emmel, April 30, 1926. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Caroline Emmel Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Karl Emmel Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel Family Letters Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Emmel family collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1926-04-30 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Emmel_0010 Emmel_1926_04_30 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau Extent The size or duration of the resource. 6 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Scripto Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 100000 1920-1929 https://germanletters.org/files/original/0744d5e22a1b421b367f0b13ad6ce42e.jpg 1791cb91b3578559cda8e455f1d5d7b6 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wiesbaden, d. 18.5.26. Lieber Karl. Deinen lieben Brief vom 27.4. haben wir er- halten mit den beiden hübschen Bildchen, die Häuser darauf sehen gerade aus wie hier die neuen Siedlungshäuser. Hier bei uns haben die Siedlungen doch keine große Zukunft. Wie man hört würden manche schon gern wieder verkaufen, wenn sich Liebhaber finden würden. Auch sind die Häuschen zu teuer, es muß einer schon ein gutes Einkommen haben, um monatlich 100 Mark bezahlen zu können. So viel sollen die Abzahlungen betragen. Es werden ja als noch immer welche gebaut an der Bahnstraße. Die Häuser an der Kiedricherstr. sind jetzt auch soweit, daß die Schreinerarbeit vergeben werden soll. Daß wird wieder ein Kampf werden um das bißchen Arbeit. Von den 168 Schreiner haben vielleicht nur 5-6 etwas zu tun, die andern aber auch gar nichts. Daß es bei uns auch so ist kannst </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0011_0001.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, May 18, 1926, p. 1 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0011]] [[Category:Page_1]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> https://germanletters.org/files/original/8566ad24f57d9667585e3c5a6fa2920a.jpg 1e8f884686439c6eabbe471ab544a189 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 2: ] </p><p>Du dir denken. Vater geht schon die ganzen Wochen, auch so herum und weiß nicht was er tun soll. Vorige Woche war Herrmann als einmal zu Hause geblieben weil man gar nicht weiß was er tun soll. So geht es ja der großen Mehrzahl unseres Volkes, sie werden ganz von der Arbeit abgewöhnt, hauptsächlich die jungen Leute lernen nichts u. leben nur von der arbeitslosen Unterstützung. Darum wird es auch hier nicht besser. Die Reg- ierung will es auch gar nicht anders, solange die Wirtschaft noch ging, wußten sie garnicht was sie ihr für Steuern aufhängen sollten, jetzt hört bei vielen das Steuerzahlen auf weil sie nichts mehr haben. Was sind wir so froh für dich, daß Du doch Beschäftigung hast, hier hättest Du nie etwas gefunden. Wie man hört lassen sie auf den Schulen (Bingen) die meisten durchfallen weil sie doch keine Stellen für sie haben. Bei uns ging es doch voriges Jahr noch eher, aber jetzt ist es so schlecht </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0011_0002.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, May 18, 1926, p. 2 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0011]] [[Category:Page_2]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> https://germanletters.org/files/original/3e46d8102210b3359b9c07e1417d3464.jpg 4f007e1700e928dd6a6a531dadbdf721 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 3&#160;:] </p><p>wie es noch nicht war. Da ist es gut, daß wir die Werkstatt vermietet haben, wir haben doch als die 18 Mark. Am meisten Sorge machen wir uns um Johanna, was sollen wir nur mit der einmal anfangen. Ich hätte sie ja gerne etwas kochen u. Haushalt lernen lassen, aber dafür haben wir kein Geld, u. in eine Stelle gehen lassen, mögen wir auch nicht gern. Wir haben jetzt in unserm Haushalt auch nicht viel Arbeit, da gehen wir alle herum u. regen uns auf u. machen uns Gedanken. Doch wollen wir alles dem lieben Gott befehlen, der wird wohl auch dafür Rat wissen. Am nächsten Sonntag die Pfingsten gehen ich u. Johanna nach Stenden dort ist der große Sängertag, am Donners- tag kommt Pfr. Nickel um dem Chor den letzten Schliff zu geben. Wir sind einmal neugierig ob alles klappt u. keiner um- fällt. Vater muß zu Hause bleiben und das Haus hüten. Hast Du unterdessen den Beuerbacher Karl gesehen u. hat er unser </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0011_0003.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, May 18, 1926, p. 3 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0011]] [[Category:Page_3]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> https://germanletters.org/files/original/14a0016d3ed5aa9391f80d589a6e81e2.jpg 1d02ef201545c4cdd87b06ae9c48ca6f Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[ page 4: ] </p><p>Paketchen gut hingebracht&#160;? und hat er wieder Arbeit gefunden? Der kleine Karl wohnt ja nicht mehr in Dietrichs? Er hat an seine Schwester Luischen geschrieben, als sei er nur gut zum Präsente machen u. sonst hielte Maria nicht zu ich. Lenchen scheint auch nicht so sehr geglückt zu sein, sie schrieb Jo- hanna auch letzte Woche aber nur über das schlechte Wetter u.s.w. Sie soll sich nur in ihr Los finden u. fleißig ihrer Arbeit nach gehen. Denn Ilusionen die sie sich gemacht hat gehen doch nicht in Erfüllung, auch nicht wenn sie hier einen Mann gefunden hätte. Sonst Neues gibt es hier nicht viel. Was macht Willy ich warte schon jeden Tag auf einen Brief von ihm, wollte ihm dann auch noch vor Pfingsten schreiben. Grüße ihn von uns u. er soll sich wieder einmal hören lassen. Grüße Emmels May u. Lenchen u. alle andern u. sei auch Du herzlich gegrüßt von uns allen besonders von deiner dichliebenden Mutter. </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0011_0004.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, May 18, 1926, p. 4 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0011]] [[Category:Page_4]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emmel Family Letters Description An account of the resource This collection contains letters sent to Karl Emmel of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the bulk of which were written by his parents Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, with additional letters written by Karl Emmel's sister Johanna. Karl Emmel immigrated to the United States in 1925. His parents, Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, of Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau, wrote lengthy letters to their son almost every month until they also chose to immigrate to the United States in 1927. In 1937, the couple returned to Germany and lived there until their deaths. Between 1937 and 1941 they once again took up the habit of writing a letter each month to their son in the United States. The final letter in this collection was written in 1945, just after the end of World War II in Europe. The early group of letters describe Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel's preparations for migrating to the United States. In the second group of letters, their experiences of living with rationing and making do in the context of war are primary themes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel family collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ruth Emmel Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Green Bay, Wisconsin Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Ilse Baker Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. [<em>Partial translation</em>]<br /><br />18 May 1926<br /><br /><br />We received your letter dated the 27th of April with the pretty photos. [...] The houses in the pictures look just like our local subdivision houses. These subdivisions won’t have much of a future here. […] Some people already want to sell their house again, as soon as they can find someone who likes them […] The houses are overpriced as well. You need to have a sizeable income to be able to pay 100 marks per month. They are still building them on Lahnstrasse, however. The houses on Kiedricherstrasse are now finished to the point where the carpentry jobs can be awarded. I can just imagine the battle over that little bit of work. Out of 168 carpenters, maybe 5 to 6 have some work; the rest has nothing. I am sure you can picture the same old situation over here. Father has been walking around aimlessly for weeks, not knowing what to do [.…] Most people are in the same boat; they are no longer used to working. Especially the young people are no longer learning a trade. Instead, they are living off their unemployment payments. The government does not want it any other way. As long as the economy was still doing fine, the government was collecting exorbitant amounts in taxes. Now, many people have stopped paying taxes altogether because they have nothing left. I can’t tell you how glad we are that you are employed […] Rumor has it that the schools are failing the majority of the graduates since there are no jobs for them anyway […] It is good that we rented out the shop. At least, we get the 18 marks regularly. We are most worried about Johanna. What on earth should we do with her? I would have liked to have her learn how to cook and keep house, but we do not have the money for that. We do not like the idea of having her work for someone, either. […] Next Sunday is Whitsunday, and Johanna and I will go to Steeden. We will attend a big choral festival there. On Thursday, Reverend Nickel will come and help our choir add some finishing touches […] Father will have to stay home and watch the house.<br /><br />[…] Little Karl no longer lives with the Dietrichs? He wrote his sister Luise that he felt as if he was only good enough as long as he was giving presents and that, beyond that, Maria really did not really appreciate him. Lenchen does not seem to be all that happy, either. She wrote to Johanna last week, but only mentioned the bad weather, etc. She will just have to accept her lot and do her work diligently.<br /><br />Lenchen has had some unrealistic ideas. However, these ideas always end in disappointment. Things would have been no different had she found a husband here […] How is Willy doing? Every day, I hope to get a letter from him […] My kindest regards to […] Mother. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, May 18, 1926 Description An account of the resource Letter from Caroline Emmel to her son, Karl Emmel, May 18, 1926. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Caroline Emmel Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. 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Germany Scripto Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 100000 1920-1929 https://germanletters.org/files/original/3de59754c05e8c1c9e0d3ce3c4ddb554.jpg 3267f81c27f086cea281c2b10421f2e7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0012_0001.jpg Title A name given to the resource Johanna Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 8, 1926, p. 1 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0012]] [[Category:Page_1]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wiesbaden, d. 8 Juni 1926. Lieber Karl! Deinen lieben Brief vom 18.5. haben wir erhalten. Eigentlich waren es ja 2. Sie sind mit sämtlichem Inhalt gut angekommen. Für alles herzlichen Dank. Das Bild ist sehr gut u. hat uns viel Freude gemacht. Da auch alle sehr gut getroffen sind. Ist Willy in Wirklichkeit so schmal oder täuscht uns das Bild. Er hat auf meinen letzten Brief noch nicht geschrieben, hat er mit seinem Auto so viel zutun? Jetzt wird er es wohl haben. Er soll nur acht geben, daß ihm nichts passiert. Hier vermehren sich die Autos auch zu- sehends, auf den Straßen in der Stadt ist es ordentlich lebensgefährlich, da die Straßen für den Autoverkehr zu eng sind. Das Wetter ist immer noch unbeständig, wenn einmal ein Tag die Sonne scheint so regnet es den andern schon wieder u. ist dann sehr kühl. So war es auch Pfingsten als wir in Steeden waren. Dort war es wieder sehr voll. Der Gesang war </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/3bf31af90c0be14f758ef386b83c23f6.jpg a1f2749882c7bdb8bbb87cc0031118d2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0012_0002.jpg Title A name given to the resource Johanna Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 8, 1926, p. 2 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0012]] [[Category:Page_2]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> [page 2:] </p><p>sehr schön. Jeder Verein mußte ein Probelied singen. Am besten soll Frankfurt gesungen haben. Sie haben einen neuen Dirigenten ist ein junger Lehrer welcher das Dirigieren ver- steht. Den Massenchor hat Pfr. Nickel dirigiert. Sie haben auch Bilder gemacht, davon schicken wir dir auch nächstens eines. In Steeden ist noch alles beim Alten. Der Schmidte Pate ist auch nicht gesund. Er hat immer Magenschmerzen was es daraus gibt weiß man noch nicht. Ernst geht es so leidlich er muß sehr viel arbeiten. Da die Goth auch nicht mehr kann. Hannguste (?) Karl will die Frl. Bautzenhaus hei- raten. Da wird er sich auch was einbrocken. Sie ist doch kein Mädchen was Landarbeit kann. Auch soll ihre Herkunft nicht so ganz einwandfrei sein. Sie war früher in Frank- furt, ist schon seit voriges Jahr in Steeden, Sie ist auch noch in keiner Stelle geblieben, sondern hält sich bei dem Fritz Bender auf Die Leute sagen schon auf Karls Kosten </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/2dae7a53342073ac4fff547f1e23dfce.jpg 4385e778aa4e0d0975864e2127f94290 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0012_0003.jpg Title A name given to the resource Johanna Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 8, 1926, p. 3 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0012]] [[Category:Page_3]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> [page 3: ] </p><p>Sein alter Vater muß noch so schwer arbeiten trotzdem er so steif ist, u. Karl macht sich gute Tage. Goth u. Karl wollen schon längere Zeit haben, der Pathe soll alles dem Karl übergeben aber das tut er nicht, er will Herr bleiben solange er lebt, Es ist auch viel besser, denn wer weiß was es jetzt noch gibt mit der neuen Heirat. Was da die Leute sprechen, kannst du dir gar nicht denken, denn Ende August wird es erst 1 Jahr daß die Lisbeth tot ist. Ich habe als ich da war nichts dazu gesagt, er mag machen was er will. Mit den 94% Miete ist es so daß bei der letzten Erhöhung von 10% 8 als Haus- zinssteuer abzugeben sind die 2% soll der Haus- herr haben dafür ist aber die städtische Grundsteuer auf 175% gesetzt worden, um diese zudecken hätten wir 4% mehr haben müssen, da siehst du daß der Staat noch mehr nimmt als er uns bewilligt, u. so geht es immer weiter. In der letzten Stadtverordnetenversammlung kamand so Sachen zur Sprache, daß der Bürgermeister vom </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/ccb48bd12031ff197bacd8040aab61fb.jpg 476d3a2a698b047ed21432a26e2af687 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0012_0004.jpg Title A name given to the resource Johanna Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 8, 1926, p. 4 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0012]] [[Category:Page_4]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> [page 4: ] </p><p>Magistrat die Verwaltung abgenommen wurde das Devezit war wieder großartig. Die Bürger sind nicht mehr in der Lage die Steuern aufzubringen, die die Verwaltung der Stadt kostet. Sie haben in der Stadt soviel Direkto u. Inspektoren gemacht wo jeder wieder einen Stab Beamten unter sich hat. Dieses war all früher nicht u. die Arbeit wurde doch gemacht. Gerade so ist es im Staade die Beamten haben großartige Gehälter u. das Volk hat keine Arbeit. Unser Reichs- finanzminister bankpräsident Schach hat 250 000 Mark Gehalt u.s.w. Was das alles in so einem verarmten Land bedeutet, das begreit nur der der darinnen steckt. Darum kommen wir auch nicht mehr hoch. Der fleißige Arbeiter muß soviel abgeben damit seine faulen Kollegen auch leben können. z. B. der kleine Litzinger erhält in Crefeld monatlich 100 Mark u. Kost u. Wohnung davon muß er 21,50 Mrk. als Steuer u.s.w. abgeben. Das ist doch ein Jammer wenn ein junger Mensch von 17 Jahren schon so alles abgenommen kriegt. Herrman Mehl soll nun auch geschieden sein. Es heißt daß er sich in nächster Zeit </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/63e78f2677353d149079d8014767a9b8.jpg ff4f50b3a9c4f8c4c145380424dfbb4e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0012_0005.jpg Title A name given to the resource Johanna Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 8, 1926, p. 5 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0012]] [[Category:Page_5]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> [page 5: ] </p><p>schon wieder verheiratet. Die Zukünftige ist von der Waldstr. u. fährt schon wieder ein Kind hier im Haus aus u. ein von bald einem halben Jahr. Er arbeitet immer noch nichts u. lebt doch u. zwar hat er immer seinen schönen Anzug an. Unser Hof ist ja von der Firma Schäfer noch nicht ganz befreit, nämlich das Hüttchen u. der Deckel stehen noch drüben an der Mauer. Sonstige Kisten haben sie hinweg geräumt, auch der alte Wagen steht noch da. Vater hat es ihnen schon mehr wie 10 mal ge- sagt, da sie aber 10 Mark für den Hof geben so meinen sei ein Recht auf den Hof zu haben. Ihr Geschäft geht auch nicht besonders u. Lager- räume gibt es schon mehr als genug wieder zu vermieten. Da wollen wir auch nichts mit Gewalt machen. Daß unsere große Werkstatt vermietet ist ist sehr gut u. wir sind auch mit dem Betrieb ganz zufrieden. Weimar hat auch bis jetzt ganz schön zu tun, u. kann dann auch seine 18 Mark wöchentlich bezahlen. </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/693a1e10157dfc812b787738a0da6059.jpg b2fcecf6e7c5bc80e5c45764c2aaf918 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0012_0006.jpg Title A name given to the resource Johanna Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 8, 1926, p. 6 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0012]] [[Category:Page_6]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> [page 6: ] </p><p>Nordenstadter Wilhelm kam auch eben mit dem Rad. Er geht hier zu einem Arzt es ist ein Hömopath. Der sagte ihm sein Kopfweh sei reumatisch, seine Milz arbeitete nicht, sein Blut sei zu dick u.s.w. Aus der Heirat wird sobald noch nichts. Die Allendorfer sagen sie sollten sich erst kennen lernen, vielleicht nächsten Winter verloben u. nächsten Frühjahr heiraten. Das ist jetzt ein schwerer Schlag für die Alten, daß sie ihre Arbeit allein machen müssen. Wir werden von den Nordenstadter auch nichts gewahr, sie zeigen uns auch nie einen Brief gerade wie Lenchen, wir machen es aber jetzt auch so. Ernst ist so unterrichtet wenn man den fragt was schreibt Lenchen u. die Buben dann sagt er immer ich weiß nichts. Finanziel ist es eine Zeit wie die andere bei ihnen. Bei uns ist es auch eine Zeit wie die andere. Vater macht eben einiges für Stau…(?) Sonst ist garnichts zu tun. Ich will nun Schluß machen grüße alle Bekannten auch in Forest u. Paul wir haben uns über das Bild sehr ge- freut. Grüße auch Willy u. sei auch du recht herzlich ge- grüßt von deiner dichliebenden Mutter. </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emmel Family Letters Description An account of the resource This collection contains letters sent to Karl Emmel of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the bulk of which were written by his parents Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, with additional letters written by Karl Emmel's sister Johanna. Karl Emmel immigrated to the United States in 1925. His parents, Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, of Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau, wrote lengthy letters to their son almost every month until they also chose to immigrate to the United States in 1927. In 1937, the couple returned to Germany and lived there until their deaths. Between 1937 and 1941 they once again took up the habit of writing a letter each month to their son in the United States. The final letter in this collection was written in 1945, just after the end of World War II in Europe. The early group of letters describe Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel's preparations for migrating to the United States. In the second group of letters, their experiences of living with rationing and making do in the context of war are primary themes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel family collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ruth Emmel Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Green Bay, Wisconsin Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Ilse Baker Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. [<em>Partial translation</em>]<br /><br />8 June 1926<br /><br />We received your letter dated May 18th[…] then there was another one[…] the photo is very pretty […] Is Willy really that thin, or does it just look that way in the picture? He has not responded to our last letter yet. Is he truly that busy with his car? [....] I hope he is careful and makes sure that nothing happens. There are more and more cars on our streets as well. In the city, you have to fear for your life because the streets are really too narrow for cars to drive through. […] It was the same way in Steeden at Pentecost, i.e. quite cool. There were a lot of people there again. The singing was beautiful. Each group had to sing a contest song. Supposedly, the group from Frankfurt sang the best. A young teacher who knows how to conduct directs the group. Reverend Nickel conducted the mass choir […] Everything is still the same in Steeden. Patt Schmidt is not very healthy, either. He gets frequent stomach pains […] Ernst is doing ok. He has a lot of work because Mrs. Goth can no longer do very much.<br /><br />This is how it works with the 14% of the rent: The last increase was 10%. Of these, 8% have to be paid to the government; the remaining 2% can be kept by the landlord. However, now the city property tax has been raised to 17%. In order to cover that, we would have had to receive 4% more. As you can see, the federal government is still taking more from us than it lets us ask from our renters. And things just keep on going this way[…] The citizenry is unable to come up with the money to pay the taxes needed by the city. The city government has created a large number of positions for directors and inspectors, each with his own subordinate staff. It never used to be this way, and yet the work always got done as well. It is the same at the national level: the civil servants have nice big salaries, and the common man has no work. Our President of the National Bank, Schach, earns a salary of 250,000 marks, and so forth. […] It is a good thing that our bigger shop is rented out and that we like the enterprise that is renting it. So far, Weimar has had a steady stream of work and has been able to pay his 18 marks per week.<br /><br />Wilhelm from Nordenstadt was just here; he came by bike. He is seeing a doctor, a homeopathic specialist, here. The doctor told him that his headaches are caused by rheumatism, that his spleen is not working properly, that his blood is too thick, etc, etc. There won’t be any wedding just yet. The people in Allendorf are saying that the bride and groom should get to know each other first, perhaps become engaged next winter and then marry in the spring. This is quite a blow for the folks, who now will have to do their work on their own. The family members in Nordenstadt do not tell us anything; they never show us any letters from Lenchen. Therefore, we are now doing the same thing. Ernst must have been instructed to say that he does not know anything whenever we ask him how Lenchen and the boys are doing. Financially, everything is still the same there.<br /><br />Father is currently making a few things for [<em>illegible</em>]. Other than that, there is no work.<br /><br />Say hello to all our acquaintances, to the ones in Forest as well as to Paul and Willy […] your loving mother.<br /><br />A little post scriptum from Johanna. She writes about the Choral Festival in Steeden and says thank you for the dollar. [...] Eula’s Willy? Is no longer writing. I hope he has got his car and can write sometime now. […] We have not heard anything from Mr. Dietrich; what is it with him?[…] Kindest regards, your sister Johanna. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Johanna Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 8, 1926 Description An account of the resource Letter from Johanna Emmel to her brother, Karl Emmel, June 8, 1926. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Johanna Emmel Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Karl Emmel Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel Family Letters Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Emmel family collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1926-06-08 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Emmel_0012 Emmel_1926_06_08 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau Extent The size or duration of the resource. 6 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Scripto Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 100000 1920-1929 https://germanletters.org/files/original/3ff864c57100c0501ecfb1603aa02bd0.jpg bd95e2cbd54bb4b8b39bb8266cf46b74 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0013_0001.jpg Title A name given to the resource Wilhelm Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 22, 1926, p. 1 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0013]] [[Category:Page_1]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wiesb. d. 22.6.26 </p><p>Lieber Karl! </p><p>Deinen lieben Brief v. 1. des Mts. den du am 6ten bei Willi fertig gemacht u. abgeschickt hast, haben wir heute früh erhalten. Es hat uns sehr gefreut von Euch als wieder was zu hören. Wie man sieht geht es bei Euch noch gut, u. schaukelt Euch in lauter Wohlergehen. Bei uns geht es Gott sei Dank auch noch gut, besonders was Gesundheit anbelangt. Wirtschaftlich ist es immer noch ruhig, was du aus den beigelegten Zeitungsnotizen sehen kannst. Willi hat ja jetzt sein Auto erhalten u. habt es auch schon tüchtig gefahren wie ich aus deinem Briefe sehen kann. Es muß ein sehr schöner Wagen </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/9248c76c790a0bf7590fed6d3f7f2b23.jpg 8bbdbdde2b73c3ed6a89d14062118376 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0013_0002.jpg Title A name given to the resource Wilhelm Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 22, 1926, p. 2 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0013]] [[Category:Page_2]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> [page 2: ] </p><p>sein, wie die mit übersandten Bildern zei- gen. Hier wäre Willi dieses Vergnügen nicht vergönnt, u. alles staunt u. wundert sich, was man bei Euch da drüben sich immer alles leisten kann. Lieber Karl als Johanna mit deinem Brief zu lesen fertig war, sagte ich: Wir verkaufen hier alles u. machen zu Euch. Wenn wir 45 – 50 000 Mk für das Haus bekommen sollte man es verkaufen u. den Staub von Schuhen schütteln. Was sagst du dazu? Heute bin ich immer noch jung könnte noch drüben Arbeit finden u. wären beisammen u. könnten uns mit Euch freuen. Wie schön wär das habe ich recht oder beweise mir das Gegenteil. </p><p>[page 2, top margin, upside-down:] </p><p>habe ich die Alte wegen ihres hohen Alters, wollte nämlich nicht mehr </p><p>[page 2, left margin:] </p><p>hinaus, in der Woche nach Pfingsten sterben lassen, das Junge macht viel Spaß. </p><p>[page 2, bottom margin:] </p><p>War das Nordenstädter letzte (Lissyle) </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/0dd07a5900548ed165c93586aecd0320.jpg db8ab6c63ae042daddb933ebca2248e2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0013_0003.jpg Title A name given to the resource Wilhelm Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 22, 1926, p. 3 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0013]] [[Category:Page_3]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 3:] </p><p>Nächsten Monat sind es schon ¾ Jahr, daß Du drüben bist, hast wahrscheinlich schon Erfahrung gesammelt, wo Du Dir ein Urteil machen kannst, ob dieses möglich u. gut wäre. Also erwarte ich hiervon in Deinem nächsten Brief Antwort. Die Schreinerarbeite an der Kindrichstr. wurden nämlich ausgeschrieben. Das niedrigste war 28½ tausend Mark, das auch den größten Teil erhält. Die Genossenschaft gab ihr Angebot mit 38 tausend ab, u. wird wieder leer ausgehen, trotzdem sie auch die Arbeit billig berechnet hat, denn ich hatte Einsicht in die Berechnung. Am letzten Sonntag war Johanna u. ich in Nordenstadt, dort geht es auch noch gut. Willi war nicht da, sondern er hat sich in Allendorf bei den Alten zum </p><p>[page 3, top margin, upside-down:] </p><p>Da wir von der alten Katze ein junges schwarzes haben </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/e423ffa0a20470249df7ae6c2c8d5e17.jpg 68d5daa1a3d6a0260f421399f8b556b2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0013_0004.jpg Title A name given to the resource Wilhelm Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 22, 1926, p. 4 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0013]] [[Category:Page_4]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> [page 4: ] </p><p>erstenmal vorgestellt. Wie es scheint geht es doch nicht so schnell wie es sein Vater geplant hat. Seine Mutter klagte mir vor u. sieht auch dem Willi seine Existenz unmöglichkeit, was sein Vater gar nicht wahr haben will, trotzdem er es am eigenen Leib verspürt. Die entschädigungslose Enteignung wurde am Sonntag abgelehnt. Hatten blos 14½ Millionen Stimmen müssten 20.000.000 haben. So geht es bei uns, trotzdem wir arm sind, erlaubt sich das Volk so gesetzwidrig Gebahren, was wieder 4-6 Millionen gekostet hat, die sonst besser verwendet werden konnten. Das Volk wurde wieder furchtbar aufgepeitscht von den links Parteien u. dieser Raub als harmlos hingestellt. Aber Gott hat seine Hand wieder am Ruder wie bei Hindenburgs Wahl u. hat ihren schändlichen Plan zunichte gemacht. So grüß mir alle Verwandte u. nimm für Willi u. dich die besten Grüße entgegen v. deinem dichl. Vater. </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emmel Family Letters Description An account of the resource This collection contains letters sent to Karl Emmel of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the bulk of which were written by his parents Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, with additional letters written by Karl Emmel's sister Johanna. Karl Emmel immigrated to the United States in 1925. His parents, Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, of Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau, wrote lengthy letters to their son almost every month until they also chose to immigrate to the United States in 1927. In 1937, the couple returned to Germany and lived there until their deaths. Between 1937 and 1941 they once again took up the habit of writing a letter each month to their son in the United States. The final letter in this collection was written in 1945, just after the end of World War II in Europe. The early group of letters describe Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel's preparations for migrating to the United States. In the second group of letters, their experiences of living with rationing and making do in the context of war are primary themes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel family collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ruth Emmel Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Green Bay, Wisconsin Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Ilse Baker Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. [<em>Partial translation:</em>]<br /><br />22 June, 1926<br /><br /> […] This morning, we received your letter dated on the 1st, which you finished and mailed at Willy’s on the 6th. […] We were very happy to have news from you again. It looks like you are still doing fine, like you are even enjoying a certain level of comfort. Thank God, we are still doing fine as well, especially as far as our health is concerned. However, we are still in an economic lull here, as you can see from the enclosed newspaper articles. As I can tell from your letter, Willy did buy himself a car and you all got to drive around quite a bit already. It must be a very nice car. Here, Willy would not be able to afford this kind of luxury. Everyone here reacts with surprise and incredulity at the thought that you can always afford everything over there.<br /><br />Dear Karl, when Johanna finished reading your letter, I said: Let us sell everything and go over there. If we can get 45 – 50,000 marks for the house, we should sell it and leave for good. What do you think about that? I am still young and could find work yet over there. Besides, we would be together and could enjoy things with you. How nice that would be! Am I right? If not, show me where I am wrong. Next month, nine months will have passed since you arrived there. I imagine that you know enough by now to judge whether this would be a good idea and whether it would be feasible. I look forward to your opinion in your next letter. The carpentry job at Kiedricherstrasse has been opened up for bids. The lowest bid was 28,500 marks, offered by a company that ended up receiving the bulk of the work. The cooperative assigned jobs in the amount of 38,000 marks and will – once again – go without a profit, despite the fact that the cost of labor was kept at a minimum. I was able to look at the calculations in detail.<br /><br />Last Sunday, Johanna and I went to Nordenstadt, where they are doing fine as well. Wilhelm was not there. Instead, he had gone to Allendorf to introduce himself to the parents of his future bride. It looks like things are not moving quite as fast as his father had envisioned. His mother complained to me and told me that she did not think Wilhelm’s future was very secure – something his father apparently does not want to acknowledge, even though he is experiencing it for himself. [……..] Kindest regards[………]Father. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilhelm Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 22, 1926 Description An account of the resource Letter from Wilhelm Emmel to his son, Karl Emmel, June 22, 1926. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wilhelm Emmel Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Karl Emmel Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel Family Letters Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Emmel family collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1926-06-22 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Emmel_0013 Emmel_1926_06_22 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau Extent The size or duration of the resource. 4 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Scripto Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 100000 1920-1929 https://germanletters.org/files/original/c9c0e80af9222fb9aadcfceaa0a01795.jpg af9fc9e7434938b0eb741eb394d09628 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0014_0001.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 23, 1926, p. 1 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0014]] [[Category:Page_1]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> Wiesbaden, d. 23.6.26. Lieber Karl! Auch ich will dir noch einiges schreiben. Über die Bilder haben wir uns sehr gefreut, u. haben auch dadurch gesehen wie gut es Euch geht. Dafür sind wir dem lieben Gott großen Dank schuldig, manchmal kann man gar nicht glauben, daß es möglich war, daß Du als Deutscher dort drüben in so eine Stelle kommen konntest. Da sieht man wie der liebe Gott über all hilft. Vergiß es ja nicht, daß alles Gute von oben kommt u. sei dem lieben Gott recht dankbar dafür. Hier hättest Du so etwas doch nicht gefunden. Hier haben nur Beamte u. Pensionäre u. einige Geschäftsleute Lebensmöglichkeiten. Die ganze Wirtschaft ist hier ganz systematisch zu- grunde gerichtet worden. Wir hörten vorige Woche einen Vortrag im Haus u. Grundbesitzverein von dem Landtagsabgeordneten Ladendorf über die ent- schädigungslose Enteignung der Fürstenvermögen da haben wir so erst einmal das wahre Gesicht unserer Regierung gesehen. Er sagte unter anderem das [unlesbar] </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/0d5ea55e84a59aa56661784f7c69871e.jpg b8e0c6f0e02fea8f1c7aa94b8750d5b2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0014_0002.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 23, 1926, p. 2 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0014]] [[Category:Page_2]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> [page 2: ] </p><p>tragen werden als unter der jetzigen Regierung, so eine Regierung würde in England noch nicht 24 Stunden bestehen. Unter anderem sagte er auch unser Staat habe von aller wirtschaftlichen Produktion 60% an sich gerissen. Das ist die Sozialisierung. Wäre der Volksentscheid am Sonntag durch gegangen, so wäre auch der Haus- besitz daran gekommen. Dem Reichstag liegt ein Gesetz vor, von den Bodenrefomen, was alle Grundrente aufheben soll, das ist jedes persöhnliche Recht, an Häuser u. Grundstück soll der Allge- meinheit zufallen. Ich schicke dir einmal einen Artikel aus dem Gewerbeblatt mit von dem Hand- werkertag in Schierstein, wie es bei uns zugeht. Wir Hausbesitzer bezahlen ⅓ aller Steuern von jetzt 40 prozent Hauszinssteuer u. wenn wir jetzt 100% bekommen, so fallen uns wieder nur 2% zu u. die Miete darf nicht mehr erhöht werden bis zum 1. April 27. Für uns bleibt nichts als nur Sorgen u. Lasten. Am ersten haben wir über 300 Mark Steuern vom Haus zu bezahlen das ist allerhand. Gerade so ist es in der Landwirtschaft </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/c1130c1a2bf65f05f65165acfe7cac2f.jpg 7a787077644313fd2ba0c4ce3f130ce5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0014_0003.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 23, 1926, p. 3 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0014]] [[Category:Page_3]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> [page 3: ] </p><p>40 bis 50% von allem Einkommen wird weg gesteuert. In Nordenstadt ist es auch wieder schlecht. Er läuft auch wieder nach Geld. Denn von den par Morgen Land können sie doch nicht leben. Das macht auch Wilhlem so kaput. Sein Vater versteht das nicht. Wenn sie doch so nicht herum kommen können wie soll es erst werden wenn Wilhelm verhei- ratet ist. Die Tante sagt sie dankte jeden Tag dem lieben Gott, daß Lieschen fort u. verheiratet sei. Das kannst du ihm auch einmal sagen wenn es Heimweh hat. Es soll sich zufrieden geben mit dem was es hat, denn hier ist es nicht mehr schön. Die Landleute haben ja Arbeit genug. Wir dagegen gehen zum drit- ten hier herum u. schämen uns vor uns selber. Das weißt du ja wie es voriges Jahr mit dir war. Wenn der Mensch keine Arbeit hat ist er nicht zufrieden. Jetzt wo wir noch ge- sund sind könnten wir noch arbeiten, wo mög- lich müssen wir es, wenn wir nicht mehr können. Doch nun genug davon. Wenn es Gottes </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/396c7f1e04e7197720937b3183a455ce.jpg a1f8a1c709d3accb380f70cfa76a6af7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0014_0004.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 23, 1926, p. 4 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0014]] [[Category:Page_4]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> [page 4: ] </p><p>Wille ist so kann er es auch ändern. Du schreibst ob wir noch Liebesgaben hätten, von voriges Jahr ist noch etwas da, wir haben die letzte Zeit als immer noch etwas weggegeben. Am letzten Sonntag war wieder einmal Gemeindeversammlung, wie immer über das Geben, die Gemeinde soll sich selbst- ständig machen da soll 40-50%mehr aufgebracht werden. Wir haben immer noch 10 Mark gegeben aber 15 ist ausgeschlossen. Das gibt immer viel Verbitterung unter den Gemeindegliedern, weil jeder dem andern vorhält er müßte mehr geben. Wir wagen uns schon gar nicht mehr mit jemand zusam- men zukommen, daß man nicht davon zureden brauch. Du kennst ja hier die Ver- hältnisse auch. Ich will nun schließen will Willy auch noch schreiben. Grüße alle Be- kannte Max Lenchen, Emmels u. Paul u. alle andern u. sei auch du vielmals gegrüßt von deiner dichliebenden Mutter. </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emmel Family Letters Description An account of the resource This collection contains letters sent to Karl Emmel of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the bulk of which were written by his parents Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, with additional letters written by Karl Emmel's sister Johanna. Karl Emmel immigrated to the United States in 1925. His parents, Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, of Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau, wrote lengthy letters to their son almost every month until they also chose to immigrate to the United States in 1927. In 1937, the couple returned to Germany and lived there until their deaths. Between 1937 and 1941 they once again took up the habit of writing a letter each month to their son in the United States. The final letter in this collection was written in 1945, just after the end of World War II in Europe. The early group of letters describe Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel's preparations for migrating to the United States. In the second group of letters, their experiences of living with rationing and making do in the context of war are primary themes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel family collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ruth Emmel Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Green Bay, Wisconsin Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Ilse Baker Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. [<em>Partial translation</em>]<br /><br />23 June 1926 [Mother]<br /><br /> […] We were very happy about the pictures you sent us. It is obvious that you are doing well. We thank our dear Lord for that. Sometimes, I still find it hard to believe that you were able to find this kind of employment as a German. This certainly shows how the Lord can help anywhere. Do not ever forget that all good things come from above and be grateful to the Lord. You certainly would not have found this kind of work in our area. Here, only civil servants, retired civil servants, and a handful of businessmen have the means to make a decent living. In these parts, the entire economy has been destroyed systematically. Last week, at the Association of Landlords and Landowners, we heard a speech given by State Parliament Representative [Carl] Ladendorff. We got to see the true face of our government when the speech turned to the expropriation of the assets of the nobility without compensation. […] In England, a government like this would not last for 24 hours. Among other things, he said that our government has already taken over 60% of the country’s production. That is nationalization. If the referendum on Sunday had passed, house ownership would have been targeted next. Our parliament is currently discussing a bill drafted by the land reformers, which calls for the elimination of all ground rents. The purpose of this bill is to transfer all individually owned house and land titles to the public. […] As house owners, we pay 1/3 of all taxes with our rent tax, which now amounts to 40%. Should the amount now get raised to 100%, all we would be left with is 2%. In addition, we are not allowed to raise rental fees until April 1st, 1927. All we have left at this point is worries and financial burdens. On the 1st, we will have to pay over 300 marks from our house income. […]<br /><br />Things are bad again in Nordenstadt as well. He is running around again, asking people for money, for they cannot live off their few acres of land. This is bothering Wilhelm considerably as well. His father does not understand it, however. But how will they be able to manage once Wilhelm is married if they are already struggling to make ends meet? Aunt says she thanks the good Lord every day for Lenchen being married and away from home. Why don’t you tell Lenchen that when she feels homesick. She should be content with what she has, for it certainly is no longer nice over here.<br /><br />The country folk do have enough work. The three of us, however, walk around here and feel ashamed of ourselves. I am sure you can relate to that since you felt the same way last year. When people are without work, they are not happy. Now that we are healthy yet, we could still work. Who knows, we might need to work when we no longer have the ability. […] You are wondering whether there is anything left of the things you sent us. We still have a few things from last year; we also have been giving away a few things here and there recently. Last Sunday, we had another municipal assembly. As usual, the discussion focused on contributions since the municipality is supposed to become independent. We are supposed to raise 40 to 50% more. We still contributed our 10 marks; paying 15 marks is out of the question. This always causes a lot of embitterment among the members of the assembly because every one of them accuses the others of not contributing enough. We are at the point where we avoid running into anyone, out of fear of having to discuss the issue. You know how it is around here […] Say hello to all our friends, to Max, Lenchen, the Emmels, and Paul. My regards to you as well […] your loving mother. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, June 23, 1926 Description An account of the resource Letter from Caroline Emmel to her son, Karl Emmel, June 23, 1926. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Caroline Emmel Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Karl Emmel Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel Family Letters Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Emmel family collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1926-06-23 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Emmel_0014 Emmel_1926_06_23 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau Extent The size or duration of the resource. 4 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Scripto Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 100000 1920-1929 https://germanletters.org/files/original/ec67e8e21f8b05e79a450357c938e3cc.jpg bd5f90dafc20b58a5bb5b909b18f1fb4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0015_0001.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, July 13, 1926, p. 1 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0015]] [[Category:Page_1]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> Wiesbaden, den 13.7.26. Lieber Karl! Deinen lieben Brief vom 26.6. haben wir erhalten Auch vielen Dank dafür, die vielen Bilder haben uns gefreut, dadurch können wir uns doch unge- fähr ein Bild von der Gegend machen. Die Kirsch- bäume sind wie es scheint Zwergbäume da sie so keine hohen Stämme haben wie hier, brauchen auch sicher zum entwickeln nicht so lange Zeit wie hier die hohen Bäume. Jetzt werden wohl bei Euch auch die Kirschen reif geworden sein. Hier gehen sie schon zu Ende, sie haben 35-50 Pfg. ge- kostet das Pfd. Johannisbeeren waren billig 14 Pfg. Von 50 Pfund haben wir Wein gemacht, dazu haben Willys 5 dollar garnicht. Vom ersten ab gibt es 100% Miete u. noch 3%mehr für Steuern welche umgelegt werden müssen. Ich schrieb schon von der 175% städtischer Grundsteuer. 100 sind in der Miete entfallen u. 75% sind gleich 3% der Miete müssen umgelegt werden. Jetzt haben wir 40% Haus- zinssteuern vorläufig. Im Reichstag haben wieder </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/0d4e3baa37d2856b65badcfc784b3fd8.jpg 3954a6dc8cc86902b30c8fef88dd1336 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0015_0002.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, July 13, 1926, p. 2 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0015]] [[Category:Page_2]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> [page 2: ] </p><p>fast alle Parteien auch die bürgerlichen gegen die Aufhebung der Zwangswirtschaft gestimmt. Um nun die Miete vor dem 1 April 27 nicht zuerhöhen dürfen die Steuern umgelegt werden, du fragst was macht H. Bender mit der Hausverwaltung hier war die ganze Zeit großer Krieg in der Gemeinde. Wir sollen jetzt selbständig werden dazu soll eigentlich jeder 40-50% mehr geben. Dabei sind sie H. Bender auch aufs Dach gestiegen. Er be- kommt jetzt nur monatlich 20 Mark für die Ver- waltung. Reinigen u. alles soll eingeschränkt werden, wie wir hörten kommt aber immer noch nicht genug zusammen, wie es gedreht wird wissen wir nicht, die Beute mit gutem Einkommen werden wohl die geforderten Prozente mehr geben aber auch nicht mehr, u. die andern sind froh wenn sie ihren alten Beitrag geben können. Der Steedener Pfr. war ja hier als Visitator um H. Bender zu bekehren. Er wollte nämlich alles hinwerfen. Bei sonst allen Mängeln sind viele schöne Worte gebraucht worden, sonst wird wohl alles beim Alten bleiben. Pfr. Wende unterrichtet jetzt die kleinen Kinder um H. Pfr. zu entlasten. </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/b72d9f49a4d267a41c279d6e1e0d042c.jpg c676fb864157bf3da2f739a6705e31b2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0015_0003.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, July 13, 1926, p. 3 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0015]] [[Category:Page_3]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> [page 3: ] </p><p>Am Sonntag d. 11. waren wir in Nordenstadt, da wurde Wilhelms Verlobung gefeiert. Die Allen- dorfer haben sich doch bereden lassen. Am 19 Sep- tember soll dann die Hochzeit sein u. zwar in Allen- dorf. Ich sah die Braut am Sonntag zum erstenmal. Sie ist nicht das was eine Bauersfrau sein soll, nämlich nicht sehr kräftig, ist sehr schmal, blond ganz hübsch angezogen u. hat den Mund auf dem rechten Fleck. Ewalds waren alle da die Eltern der Braut u.s.w. Wir haben Bilder gemacht wenn sie geraden so schicken wir Euch eines. Lenchen soll sie ja kenne. Was nun Johannas Brief an Lenchen betrifft, so hat Johanna als sie Pfingsten in Steeden war mit der Emmricher Lydia u. dem Minchen aus Aummerau gesprochen denen Lenchen große Hoffnung auf hinüberkommen gemacht hat. Auch hat Onkel in Nordenstadt sich in Minchens Hei- rat gemengt u. sie mußte dem jungen Mann absagen u. sollte nach Amerika. Die Alten in Norden- stadt hatten bei der Verwandtschaft Lenchens Heirat sehr gelobt nun kam Lenchens kalter Brief an die Mädchen, worinnen es unter anderem geschrieben hat </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/0b2937ca5331d1147a93c283434e28d9.jpg 34ba47ff3610e2b5a56842b9e9397bcd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0015_0004.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, July 13, 1926, p. 4 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0015]] [[Category:Page_4]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 4: ] </p><p>als sollten sie froh sein daß sie zu Hause sein können u. es auch nicht das gefunden hätte was es sich gedacht hätte. Lenchen ist durch sein Schreiben schuld daran daß die Mädchen meinen es sei eingegangen. Wir haben von Nordenstadt noch nichts von Lenchen gehört nach den ersten Lob- preisungen. Auch am Sonntagmorgen kam ein Brief von ihm. Davon wurde nur gesagt, daß August in Green-Bay sei bei Karl in der Bäckerei. Hier aus Wiesbaden aus unserer Nachbarschaft sind mehre Mädchen nach Amerika, welche sich dort sehr gut verheiratet haben, u. nicht mehr nach Deutschland wollen, daß sich natürlich nicht alle dort wohlfühlen, kann man begreifen, es ist ja auch nicht ein Mensch wie der andere. Als in Nor- denstadt so sehr gegen Minchen Scheus Heirat ge- redet wurde u. es mit Gewalt fortgeschafft werden sollte, habe ich mehrere male dagegen gesprochen, weil Minchen zu alt ist u. nichts weiter gesehen u. gehört hat. Wenn dagegen ein Mädchen erst 20 Jahre ist u. sich dort drüben einleben will, so denke ich daß das möglich ist. Hier geht es immer so weiter, geschäftlich ist gar nichts los. Herrmann macht eben einen Tisch, den wollen wir Wilhelm zur Hochzeit schenken. Sonst ist schon wochenlang noch kein Stuhl zuleimen. Die letzten 2 viertel Jahr war unser Einkommen 250-300 Mark. </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/d55cc649b6c88a74b1d350f4b361196a.jpg ac5f0159158bedaceee03ced6f09f5b2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0015_0005.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, July 13, 1926, p. 5 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0015]] [[Category:Page_5]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> [page 5: ] </p><p>In Anbetracht der schlechten Zeiten u. da es für Johanna doch nicht ausbleibt daß sie sich nach einem Verdienst umsehen muß haben wir uns entschlossen sie irgendwohin zu schicken zum Herbst. Ich habe an eine Haushaltungsschule wo sie kochen backen ein- machen u. sonstiges Hausarbeiten lernen kann gedacht. So zu Hause bleiben kann sie nicht, da sie ganz trübselig wird. Auch muß sie lernen sich unter Menschen bewegen was sie alles bei uns nicht kann. Wenn noch einige Jahre herum sind so ist es zu spät u. ich möchte mir doch später keine Vorwürfe machen lassen. Jetzt möchte ich dich bitten einmal mit Willy zu sprechen ab es Euch möglich wäre, vom Herbst ab monatlich 10 Dollar jeder, vielleicht ein Jahr lang uns für Johann zu schicken. Es ist uns jetzt unter der Zwangswirtschaft nicht möglich unser Haus weiter zu beleihen. Frau [?] sagte mir nämlich von ihrer [?] Verwandten seien Mädchen in Heggenheim gewesen was 1000 Mark gekostet hätte. Wir wissen ja noch nichts bestimmtes doch wird so etwas schon soviel kosten. H. Bender geht 14 Tage nach Schadeck </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/fe26fdcfd85f4ea61711476651657417.jpg 503e08f4e98a69ab4a8d8d2ef1a604cf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0015_0006.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, July 13, 1926, p. 6 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0015]] [[Category:Page_6]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><br /> [page 6: ] </p><p>will dann für uns einmal in Runkel sich erkundigen. Schreibe mir dann im nächsten Brief ob es Euch möglich ist. Wie ist es denn mit deinem Gehalt erhälst du immer noch dasselbe? Habt Ihr in Eurem Büro zum Frühjahr noch Leute eingestellt oder bist du noch der letzte der angenommen wurde? Walther Ewald will auch nach Amerika. Er ist eben Reisender in elektrischen Lampen. Er scheint auch nichts so be- sonderes zu haben. Er sprach nämlich am Sonntag sehr angelegentlich mit Pfr. Eickmaier. Heini Müller will herüber kommen u. auch hier studieren. Ob es klug tut fragt sich. Hier unterzukommen ist nicht möglich. Wir haben [8] Millionen Arbeitslose welche unterstützt werden ohne die Vielen die keine Unterstützung bekommen. H. Ewald meinte man wüßte nicht ob nicht alles noch einmal zu- sammenbrechen würde. Ein jeder sagt so kann es nicht weiter gehen u. doch geht es als weiter u. wird immer schlechter. Wir schicken dir ein Bild vom Steedener Sängerfest, für Willy haben wir auch eines eine andere Aufnahme. Diese schicken wir ihm im nächsten Brief. Laß Willy den Brief lesen u. seid alle beide herzlich gegrüßt von uns allen Grüßt Emmels u. alle Bekannten besonders von Eurer Euchliebenden Mutter. </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emmel Family Letters Description An account of the resource This collection contains letters sent to Karl Emmel of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the bulk of which were written by his parents Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, with additional letters written by Karl Emmel's sister Johanna. Karl Emmel immigrated to the United States in 1925. His parents, Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, of Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau, wrote lengthy letters to their son almost every month until they also chose to immigrate to the United States in 1927. In 1937, the couple returned to Germany and lived there until their deaths. Between 1937 and 1941 they once again took up the habit of writing a letter each month to their son in the United States. The final letter in this collection was written in 1945, just after the end of World War II in Europe. The early group of letters describe Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel's preparations for migrating to the United States. In the second group of letters, their experiences of living with rationing and making do in the context of war are primary themes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel family collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ruth Emmel Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Green Bay, Wisconsin Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Ilse Baker Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. [<em>Partial translation</em>]<br /><br />13 July 1926 [Mother]<br /><br />Dear Karl […]received your letter dated June 26 […] we liked the many pictures very much… They give us an idea about what your area looks like. The cherry trees seem to be dwarf trees[…] here, the trunks are higher[…]the price for cherries here was 35 to 50 pfennigs. Blackcurrant was inexpensive, however, 14 pfennigs per pound. We used 50 pounds to make wine; Willy’s $5 were enough to do that […] In the Reichstag, almost all parties, including the middle-class parties, voted against repealing the government control of the economy. This way, rental fees cannot be raised before April 1st, 1927 […] You are asking how H. Bender is doing with the housing management. People here in the municipality have been fighting with each other constantly. We are supposed to become independent, and everyone is expected to pay 40-50% more. Therefore, they went after H. Bender as well. He only receives 20 marks per month for performing his housing management duties now. Cuts are supposed to be made to the cleaning and everything else. However, we heard that the savings are still not sufficient. We don’t know how they are going to do it. I imagine that the people with a decent income will pay the additional percentage requested, but certainly no more. And the others are happy as long as they can afford to pay the old amount. The minister from Steeden came for a visit, in order to make H. Bender convert. He was ready to throw in the towel. But after all the complaints, some nice words could be heard for once. However, everything else will remain the same. Professor Wende is now instructing the young children to lighten the burden on the minister’s shoulders. […]<br /><br />On Sunday, the 11th, we were in Nordenstadt to celebrate Wilhelm’s engagement. The ones in Allendorf did let themselves be talked into it after all. The wedding is planned for the 19th of September in Allendorf. I met the bride for the first time on Sunday. She does not fit the picture of a farmer’s wife. She is not very strong and very thin. Other than that, she is blond, wore quite a pretty dress, and is very quick-witted. The entire Ewald family was there, the parents of the bride, etc. We took photos; I will send you one if they turn out. Apparently, Lenchen knows the bride. As far as Johanna’s letter to Lenchen is concerned: On Whitsunday, Johanna was in Steeden and talked to Lydia from Ennerich and Minchen from Aumenau and then got Lenchen’s hopes up about coming to America. In addition, Uncle in Nordenstadt meddled in Minchen’s wedding and had her turn down the young man, telling her she needed to go to America instead. When talking to their relatives, the folks in Nordenstadt had spoken very highly of Lenchen’s marriage. Then, Lenchen’s cold letter arrived, in which she wrote – among other things – that the girls should be glad to be at home and that she herself had not found what she had been looking for. Lenchen and her letter are to blame for the girls thinking that things did not turn out well. We have not heard any news about Lenchen from our relatives in Nordenstadt yet – not after the initial praises. On Sunday morning, we received another letter from him, but all he wrote was that August is now in Green Bay, at the bakery with Karl. Several girls from our neighborhood here in Wiesbaden have gone to America, married very well, and no longer want to return to Germany. It is understandable, of course, that not everyone will be happy over there. After all, everybody is different. When the Nordenstadt relatives all voiced their disapproval with Minchen Scheu’s wedding and tried to force her to leave, I often spoke against them. For, Minchen is too old anyway and has never been anywhere or experienced anything. However, if a girl is only 20 years old and wants to start a new life over there, it is possible, I believe. Here, things are still the same; as far as business is concerned, there is nothing going on. Herrmann is in the process of making a table, which we will give to Wilhelm as a wedding present.<br /><br />Other than that, there hasn’t even been a chair to upholster for weeks.<br /><br />For the last [<em>illegible</em>], our income amounted to 250 – 300 marks.<br /><br />Considering the bad times, Johanna will not get around looking for a job eventually. And so we have decided to send her someplace in the fall. I was thinking of a housekeeping school, where she could learn to cook, bake, sew, and perform other household tasks. She cannot stay at home like this since she gets all gloomy. Besides, she needs to learn to interact with people, which she cannot do here. In a few more years it will be too late. And I would not want to be blamed in the future for failing in this respect. I would like to ask you to discuss this with Willy and to see whether, in the fall, each of you could start sending us $10 per month for about a year to use for Johanna. Currently, with the government-controlled economy, we are unable to mortgage our house any more. Mrs. Bender told me that some daughters of her relatives in Runkel were in [<em>illegible</em>]&nbsp;and that it cost 1,000 marks. We don’t know anything specific yet, but it will likely cost that much. Mr. Bender is going to Schadek for two weeks. While there, he will also go to Runkel and find out more information for us. Please let me know in your next letter whether it is feasible for you. What are you earning; are you still paid the same?<br /><br />Walther Ewald wants to go to America as well. He is a traveling salesman selling electrical lamps. Things don’t seem to be going too well for him, either. On Sunday, we observed him in serious conversation with Reverend Eickmeier. Heini Müller wants to come here to study at our university. Whether that is a good idea is questionable. Finding a place to stay here is impossible. We have many millions of unemployed. Heini Ewald said that there is no guarantee that everything won’t collapse one of these days. […] Please have Willy read the letter as well […] Kindest regards […] Mother. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, July 13, 1926 Description An account of the resource Letter from Caroline Emmel to her son, Karl Emmel, July 13, 1926. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Caroline Emmel Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Karl Emmel Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel Family Letters Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Emmel family collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1926-07-13 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Emmel_0015 Emmel_1926_07_13 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau Extent The size or duration of the resource. 6 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Scripto Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 100000 1920-1929 https://germanletters.org/files/original/c92dcaa34dce9428f78c4442356fc380.jpg 6c83381d131fcb209d2052950a987208 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0016_0001.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, July 28, 1926, p. 1 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0016]] [[Category:Page_1]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wiesbaden, d. 28.7.26. Lieber Karl! Deinenlieben Brief vom 8.7. haben wir erhalten, nimm auch unsern Dank dafür, dann wir freuen uns doch immer wenn wir was erhalten. Bei uns geht es so weit noch gut, was ich auch von Euch hoffe. Hier war es auch schon recht heiß, doch eben regnet es wieder u. ist sehr kühl. In Nordenstadt fangen sie an Korn zuschneiden. Es ist auch hier später als sonst. Doch soll die Ernte sehr gut stehen, es kommt jetzt darauf an wie das Wetter wird. Mit Johanna haben wir uns nun entschieden. Sie geht nächsten Montag am 2. August nach Bensheim bei Darmstadt in ein Haushaltungsinstitut. Dieses wurde uns sehr empfohlen von H. Born aus Erbenheim welcher in unserer Nachbarschaft die Weinhandlung hat. Von dem waren schon verschiedene Mädchen dort. Johanna war einmal in Delkenheim bei einem Frl. Müller welche dort war. Auch hatten wir uns einmal 1 Prospekt schicken lassen. Dazu schrieb die Vorsteherin, es </p><p>[upside down on top of the page, in a different hand writing and compared with other letters it is probably the fathers, it says: </p><p>Grüße auch an Willi Schreibe Dir nächste Woche. X ] </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/2a1de74bf06354cabc9d45bcdcc7ee4c.jpg d6e36ce5bace4d483f93d9c6e9a784fb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0016_0002.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, July 28, 1926, p. 2 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0016]] [[Category:Page_2]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 2: ] </p><p>seien eben Ferien, doch könnten wir uns ihr Haus erst einmal ansehen. Darauf fuhr Vater vorige Woche hin. Die Damen haben ihm gut gefallen, auch sonst hoffen wir dort zu finden was Johanna nötig ist. Denn so sie zu Hause zu lassen geht nicht. Sie muß lernen mit Menschen umgehen, dann bekommt man andere Ansichten. Sie nimmt ohne- hin alles recht schwer. Vorläufig geht sie auf ein halbes Jahr hin, es kostet monatlich 90 Mark dazu kommen für allerlei Nebenausgaben noch ungefähr 25 Mrk. Wir wollen auch daß sie dort englisch mitlernt, das muß aller- dings extra bezahlt werden. Wäre es Euch nun möglich monatlich 25 Dollar zu schicken? Sprich einmal mit Willy ob es geht, wir wollen dann das andere drauflegen, wir müssen es uns ja auch holen auf dem Vorschuß, das ist aber nicht schlimm. Wenn wir Euch später einmal irgendwie helfen können so wird es auch geschehen. Ich halte es für meine Pflicht etwas für Johanna zu tun, so lange sie noch jung ist. </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/73a70cb6919f33b2e49c844a25cd183c.jpg bb88c563f24cfce9c870c38a036f4d63 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0016_0003.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, July 28, 1926, p. 3 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0016]] [[Category:Page_3]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 3: ] </p><p>Wenn sie einmal ½ Jahr dort war, so kann sie auch einmal eine Stelle annehmen. Was dann wird werden wir sehen. Für unser Haus können wir vorläufig nur 30 000 Mrk bekommen, wie wir von Agenten hörten, auch ist durch die schlechte Wirtschaftslage sehr wenig Nachfrage. Wir wollen nun den Winter über einmal mitzusehen was wird. Es fragt sich nun, ist es das Beste noch länger hier warten, ob die Häuser teurer werden, ohne etwas geschäftlich zu verdienen, oder von dem Haus zu nehmen was sich bietet u. fortzugehen um noch solange es möglich ist noch zu arbeiten um zu verdienen. Das ist für uns die Frage. Ob es jetzt recht geht mit dem auswandern glaube ich nicht. Der Emmels Sohn von Nordenstadt hat doch auch schon seine Papiere u. ist angemeldet seit Januar oder Februar. Man hört immer von Leuten welche fortgehen. Ein H. Fischer aus Chemnitz, welcher Kassierer vom Waisenhaus </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/4845e9d70a9f689ba422359249b7e8de.jpg bc4f74e82d14eaea10c60694cb3e663e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0016_0004.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, July 28, 1926, p. 4 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0016]] [[Category:Page_4]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 4: ] </p><p>war geht hinüber oder ist schon fort. Dessen Tochter ist schon länger drüben. Was du von der Voll- macht schreibst können wir uns nur so erklären daß die Geschwister drüben auf ihr mütterliches Erbteil verzichten sollen, damit ihr Vater es Wilhelm für seinen Namen gibt, daß er, Wilhelm etwas eigenes hat, denn das andere gibt er doch nicht her, weil er auch für die Tante für später sorgen will. Sie haben ja eben wo sie eine kleine Familie sind nicht genug u. haben immer Defizit. Ernst verdient schon alle 14 Tage 20 Mrk. Das wird alles eingebrokt u. langt immer noch nicht, wie viel weniger wenn erst die junge Frau dort ist, darum denke wir er will Wilhelm damit die Augen zuschmieren. Denn die Tante sagte unserem Vater, der Petter sagte immer es sollten nur alle jungen Leute immer so guten Anfang haben wie Wilhelm, wie er das sich auslegt wissen wir nicht. Aber Wilhelm u. seine Frau sollen doch die Arbeit übernehmen </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/a73180cf19d0175d04ea20d663a4a172.jpg 6f9a8894ead561c0ace19a6654452731 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0016_0005.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, July 28, 1926, p. 5 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0016]] [[Category:Page_5]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 5: ] </p><p>da will er sich auf diese Art angenehm machen. Das Gretchen sieht nämlich garnicht danach aus, als würde es sich von dem Schwieger- vater alles gefallen lassen. Die Allendorfer Alten waren hier bei uns u. wollten hören was ein Schlafzimmer kosten würde, da hat sich Petter gleich hinein gehängt als von zwei Betten die Rede war. Sie hätten Betten genug u.s.w. da hat Gretchen aber ganz energisch seine Meinung vertreten. Darauf nahm er den Vater mit in das andere Zimmer u. sprach lange auf ihn ein. Was es nun gibt ist noch nicht bestimmt. Jedenfalls ist es ihm lieber wenn Gretchen Geld mitbringt als ein Schlafzimmer. Wir fragen nicht u. sagen auch nicht viel dazu. Ernst hat früher immer gesagt wenn er ausgelernt hätte ginge er auch nach Ame- rika. Nun hat er Johanna erzählt er dürfte nicht fort, er müsse zu Hause helfen. Ernst hat im April ausgelernt </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/198cb79910dbc89fb38f838ffc767b9d.jpg 1c4cc133e51983ced9a0f39269433908 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0016_0006.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, July 28, 1926, p. 6 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0016]] [[Category:Page_6]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 6: ] </p><p>u. dann muß er tüchtig Geld verdienen. Der Petter merkt daß er drüben mit den Kindern doch nicht so umspringen kann als wenn sie hier wären. Lenchen schadet es nichts wenn es merkt was zu Hause gespielt wird. Die Kinder müssen auch an sich denken, denn sie stehen doch allein in der Welt. Wir sagen sonst nichts haben auch deinen Zettel gleich verbrant. Geschäftlich ist es schlecht Arbeitslose gibt es immer mehr. Die Stadt hat vor einiger Zeit einen großen Autobus gekauft für die Fahrten nach Schierstein. Sie hat mit Opel in Rüsselsheim unterhandelt schließlich aber bei Daimler in Stuttgart ge- kauft. Darauf hat Opel 300 Wiesbadener Arbeiter entlassen. So stehen hier die Actien Schwertfeger hat die Bude ganz zugemacht. In Wagners geht es so ziemlich, die Schreiber Arbeiten 3 Tage u. die Schlosser 5. Heinrich Fink läßt dich grüßen, er war heute hier. Johanna Hat ihm die Bibliothek übergeben. Wenn sein Jahr herum ist will er auch den Tugendbund abgeben. Sonst ist noch alles beim Alten. Herzliche Grüße von uns allen auch an Willy Deine Dichliebende Mutter. </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emmel Family Letters Description An account of the resource This collection contains letters sent to Karl Emmel of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the bulk of which were written by his parents Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, with additional letters written by Karl Emmel's sister Johanna. Karl Emmel immigrated to the United States in 1925. His parents, Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, of Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau, wrote lengthy letters to their son almost every month until they also chose to immigrate to the United States in 1927. In 1937, the couple returned to Germany and lived there until their deaths. Between 1937 and 1941 they once again took up the habit of writing a letter each month to their son in the United States. The final letter in this collection was written in 1945, just after the end of World War II in Europe. The early group of letters describe Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel's preparations for migrating to the United States. In the second group of letters, their experiences of living with rationing and making do in the context of war are primary themes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel family collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ruth Emmel Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Green Bay, Wisconsin Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Ilse Baker Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. [<em>Partial translation</em>]<br /><br />28 July 1926 [Mother]<br /><br />We received your letter dated July 8th […] It has been quite hot already, but now it is raining and cooler[…]<br /><br />In Nordenstadt, they have just started to harvest the corn; it is a bit delayed here as well. The harvest is supposed to turn out well. Everything depends on the weather now.<br /><br />We have come to a decision concerning Johanna. Next Monday, the 2nd of August, she will leave for Bensheim near Darmstadt to attend a housekeeping school. The school was highly recommended by Mr. Born from Erbenheim, the owner of a wine business in the neighborhood […] In addition, we ordered a brochure. The director included a note saying we should come and look at the school first. And so Father went there last week. He thought the ladies were very nice. We hope to have found what Johanna needs, for we cannot keep her at home like this any longer. She has to learn to interact with people. That way, she will gain some new perspectives. She takes everything so serious. For now, she is supposed to stay there for six months. It costs 90 marks per month plus various additional charges totaling about 25 marks. We also would like to see her study English there. However, that is charged separately. Therefore, would it be possible for you two to send us $25 per month?<br /><br />Please talk to Willy and see if that is feasible. We would then pay the difference. We will have to take out a loan, but we do not mind. If we can help you out sometime in the future, we will gladly do so. I feel an obligation to do something for Johanna while she is still young. After having been there for half a year, she should be able to get employed somewhere. Our house would currently sell for about 30,000 marks […] Due to the bad economy, demand has decreased […] Now the question is: Should we wait longer and see whether house prices will rise again and not really make any profit, or should we take what we can get now and leave, in order to work and earn money while we still can. That is the big question for us right now. The son of the Emmel family in Nordenstadt has had his papers since January as well.<br /><br />We can only think of one reason for the Power of Attorney you mention. The siblings over there are probably supposed to renounce their maternal inheritance, so that their father can make Wilhelm the sole heir. That way, Wilhelm would have something of his own. Their father will not give up anything else since he intends to take care of Aunt when the time comes. As you know, they are a small family; and yet they always struggle and run a deficit. Ernst does earn 20 marks per two-week period and has to hand all of it over, and still they are not making it. It can only get worse once the young woman comes to live with them. That is why we think he wants to fool Wilhelm with this. Aunt told Father that Petter keeps saying that all young people should have as good a start as Wilhelm. We do not know for sure what exactly he means by that. However, Wilhelm and his wife are supposed to take over the work, and this is his way of getting on their good side. For, Gretchen does not seem to be the type who would put up with just anything from her father-in-law.<br /><br />The folks from Allendorf were here and wanted to know what the price of a bedroom would be. When the conversation turned to two beds, Petter instantly barged in. We have enough beds, he said. At that point, Gretchen very assertively stated her opinion. Consequently, Petter pulled her father into the adjacent room and harangued him for quite some time. The final decision has not been made yet. At any rate, he obviously prefers that Gretchen bring money into the marriage.<br /><br />Ernst used to say that he would go to America as well as soon as his apprenticeship was finished. Recently, he told Johanna that he was not allowed to leave and that he had to help at home. Ernst completed his apprenticeship in April, and now he has to earn as much money as possible. Petter has caught on to the fact that he cannot control his children over there the way he could when they were here. It doesn’t hurt for Lenchen to see through the game that is being played at home. After all, the children have to consider their own well-being as well since they are alone in this world. We don’t really say anything, and we burned your note right away […]<br /><br />Some time ago, the city bought a large coach bus for trips to Schierstein. It first negotiated with Opel in Rüsselsheim, but ended up buying the coach bus from Daimler in Stuttgart. Consequently, Opel gave notice to 300 workers in Wiesbaden. That is what it is like around here. […] At Wagner’s, things are still going, the carpenters work for 3 days, the metalworkers[…] Heinrich Fink says hello; he was here today. Johanna turned the library over to him. In another year, he wants to hand the Youth League over to someone else. […] Kindest regards […] Mother. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, July 28, 1926 Description An account of the resource Letter from Caroline Emmel to her son, Karl Emmel, July 28, 1926. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Caroline Emmel Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Karl Emmel Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel Family Letters Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Emmel family collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1926-07-28 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Emmel_0016 Emmel_1926_07_28 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau Extent The size or duration of the resource. 6 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Scripto Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 100000 1920-1929 https://germanletters.org/files/original/c6848d04e1e2ebfaab94d63053ca5b01.jpg 0f13fb8ee4199723abaf51adb9b57912 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0017_0001.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, August 23, 1926, p. 1 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0017]] [[Category:Page_1]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wiesbaden, den 23.8.26 </p><p>Lieber Karl! </p><p>Deinen lieben Brief mit den 5 Dollar haben wir erhalten. Er kam gerade am Tag vor meinem Geburtstag an. Ich danke Dir auch recht herzlich dafür. Willys Brief kam 2 Tag später an. Von dem Geld will ich mir Stoff zu einem Mantel kaufen für den Winter. Den trage ich dann immer zum Andenken an Euch. Zu Deinem Geburtstage am 4 September gratuliere ich und Vater Dir recht herzlich u. wünschen Dir weiter Gesundheit u. alles Gute. Der liebe Gott wolle ferner bei Dir sein auf allen Deinen Wegen, vergiß Ihn nicht u. sei ihm dankbar für alles was er Dir bis jetzt Gutes getan hat. Daß Du in Deinem Beruf voran kommst freut uns, es ist doch ein ganz schönes Ein- kommen was Du hast, kannst doch wenigstens das gebrauchen was Du gelernt hast. (Wie wäre es wenn Du hier wärst.) Bei uns ist es jetzt sehr ruhig u. still. </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/672458905565d5218a96f90b17c5ec58.jpg 30a7707bee975faddfd9f754b45944d2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0017_0002.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, August 23, 1926, p. 2 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0017]] [[Category:Page_2]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 2: ] </p><p>Heute sind es 3 Wochen, daß Johanna in Bensheim ist. Es gefällt ihr auch jetzt ganz gut. Es sind ungefähr 17-18 Mädchen dort, sie wird Dir wohl schon davon geschrieben haben. Ich hatte die letzten 14 Tage ziemlich viel zu tun. Wir haben unsere Betten aufgemacht die Roßhaare gewaschen u. gezupft. Dann hat uns ein Tagezierer wieder die Matratzen gemacht. Den neuen Stoff hatte ich schon länger jetzt sind sie wieder in Ordnung u. hat uns nur 15 Mark gekostet. Der Mann hat nur 3 Mark den Tag u. die Kost bekommen. Johan- nas Wäsche muß ich auch machen, da habe ich zu tun. Es ist mir aber gut u. tue es gern. Gestern war ich u. Vater in Frankfurt auf dem Missionsfest. Pastor Peterson aus Berlin hielt die Festpredigt Die Feier war im evangelischen Vereinshaus an der Darmstädter Landstraße. Es war ein sehr schöner Sonntag, wir haben viele Freunde u. Be- kannten getroffen. Von Karl, Karoline u. den Kindern soll ich Euch grüßen. Es geht ihnen soweit noch gut. Walther geht morgens in die Kinderschule, ist sonst noch der Alte wie Du ihn ja kennst. </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/344a0ab49ec4a3e88cbe1c53396880f3.jpg d8072c298b2e22efe19c22ca29b9f9b4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0017_0003.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, August 23, 1926, p. 3 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0017]] [[Category:Page_3]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 3: ] </p><p>Von Wiesbaden waren nur ganz wenig da, die Sänger waren eingeladen sind aber nicht hin. Jetzt will ich Dir noch etwas über unseren Hausverkauf berichten. Ich hatte Dir schon von dem Gröningen geschrieben, daß er einmal hier war. Hernach sprach Vater noch einmal mit dem Agenten u. setzte den Preis auf 45 Tausend die Hälfte ausbezahlt u. die andere Hälfte als Hypothek. Darauf hörten wir fast 3 Wochen nichts. Vater hatte es auch sonst noch einmal einem Büro übertragen, diese meinten mehr als 35 könnten wir gar nicht fordern. Vorige Woche kam nun Gröninger wieder. Er will 20 anbezahlen u. 25. sollen als Hypothek ein- getragen werden. Wenn er nur nicht wieder um- fällt so wird vielleicht etwas daraus. Ich meine ja wir sollten es tun. Ein Haus wie das unsrige erfordert sehr viel Reparaturen, u. wie bald wird wieder Überfluß an Wohnungen sein. An der Kindricherstraß das ganze Eck wird eben bebaut. 14 Häuser oder noch mehr werden jetzt gemauert. </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/c5ce031aed47a378432faa6ddd826c11.jpg 3c33c78dea050a7fa65e6cdac4021e64 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0017_0005.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, August 23, 1926, p. 4 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0017]] [[Category:Page_4]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>[page 4:]</p> <p>Wie wir hörten will die Firma Wagner ihren Betrieb ganz schließen. Was das bedeutet kann man sich garnicht denken, ob es nicht auch viel Macherei ist. In Nordenstadt ist auch wieder Feuer am Dach. Sie sind auf einmal mit Gretchen nicht mehr zufrieden. Tante fürchtet die Schwiegertochter u. da macht sie alle rap- pelich. Gretchen soll nicht gesund sein, war auch vorige Woche einige Tage im Kranken- haus. Da wollten sie die Verlobung schon auf- heben, machten aller Welt Vorwürfe (Gwalds u. Frl. Weigel) Die Krankheit scheint aber nicht so gefährlich zu sein, denn gestern war sie ganz mobil auf dem Missionsfest. Das ist jetzt der Anfang von Wilhelms Glück, auf die Fortsetzung sind wir neugierig. Wilhelm ist bei der ganzen Sache der am wenigsten Beteiligte. Was wird es erst für einen Spek- takle geben, wenn die junge Frau einmal ein neues Kleid haben will. Finanziell ist es bei ihnen sehr schlecht bestellt. Wie es</p> </div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/7d1bdc224c90bfb6b80e1d8215c13720.jpg bb893b8664caf690f431e5e423634b9e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://germanletters.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Emmel_0017_0006.jpg Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, August 23, 1926, p. 5 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. [[Category:Emmel]] [[Category:Emmel_0017]] [[Category:Page_6]] <!-- Please begin transcribing below this line. --> Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>[page 5:]</p> <p>weiter gehen soll wissen sie selbst nicht. Hier in Wiesbaden gibt es nicht viel Neues. Die Beamten haben alle Ferien, Pfr. Eickmeier war auch in Ferien u. auf der Synode in Dresden. Unser Vater hat sich das Rauchen wieder ganz abgewöhnt, er hat jetzt schon wochenlang keinen Tabak mehr im Haus aus Sparsamkeitsrücksichten. Auch ich muß im Haushalt tüchtig sparen. Wir brauchen zum zweiten ja auch nicht sehr viel. Johanna will auch oft geschrieben haben, da kann ich mich tüchtig üben im Schreiben, werde es dann auch immer besser lernen. Hoffentlich er- reicht Dich der Brief noch zu Deinem Geburts- tage. Wir werden an dem Tage recht fleißig an Dich denken u. ein Stück Zwetschenkuchen auf Dein Wohl essen. Es ist eben die Zeit davon. Nun will ich zum Schluß kommen indem ich Dir viele herzliche Grüße sende von Vater u. Deiner Dichliebenden Mutter.</p> <p>Grüße Willy ich schreibe ihm auch bald auf seinen Brief.</p> </div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emmel Family Letters Description An account of the resource This collection contains letters sent to Karl Emmel of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the bulk of which were written by his parents Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, with additional letters written by Karl Emmel's sister Johanna. Karl Emmel immigrated to the United States in 1925. His parents, Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel, of Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau, wrote lengthy letters to their son almost every month until they also chose to immigrate to the United States in 1927. In 1937, the couple returned to Germany and lived there until their deaths. Between 1937 and 1941 they once again took up the habit of writing a letter each month to their son in the United States. The final letter in this collection was written in 1945, just after the end of World War II in Europe. The early group of letters describe Caroline and Wilhelm Emmel's preparations for migrating to the United States. In the second group of letters, their experiences of living with rationing and making do in the context of war are primary themes. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel family collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ruth Emmel Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Green Bay, Wisconsin Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Ilse Baker Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. [<em>Partial translation</em>]<br /><br />23 August 1926 (Mother)<br /><br /> […] We received your letter with the $5, thank you. It arrived exactly on my birthday. Willy’s letter arrived two days later. I will use the money to buy some fabric for a winter coat. I will wear it all the time as something that reminds me of you. Father and I send you our warmest wishes for your birthday on the 4th of September. We hope that you will remain healthy and wish you all the best. May the good Lord keep watching over you wherever you go. Do not forget Him and be thankful for all the good things He has given you. We are happy to learn that you are moving up professionally. You do have quite a nice salary. At least you are able to use what you learned. (How different things would be if you were here!) Johanna has been in Bensheim for three weeks already. She likes it very much. There are about 18 girls there […] I had a lot to do over the past two weeks. We opened up the beds and washed and loosened up the horsehair. Then, a paperhanger made the mattresses for us out of some new fabric I had had for some time. […] It only cost us 1 mark. The man only got 3 marks per day plus meals. I have to do Johanna’s laundry as well, which means that I am quite busy […]Yesterday, Father and I went to Frankfurt to the mission festival, where Reverend Petersen gave a sermon […] It was a very nice Sunday […] We ran into many friends and acquaintances[…] They all say hello. There were only a few people from Wiesbaden there. The choir had been invited, but was not there. I want to tell you a little bit about the sale of our house yet. Earlier, I wrote to you about Grimmiger and informed you that he was here once. Afterwards, Father talked to the agent again, who set the price at 45,000. Half of it is supposed to be paid in cash and the other half mortgaged. After that, we did not hear anything for almost three weeks. Father went to another agency as well, where they told him he could not ask for more than 35,000. Last week, Grimmiger showed up again. He wants to pay 20,000 in cash and put a 25,000-mark mortgage on it. Now, if he does not cave in again, maybe this will work out. I am all for it. After all, a house like ours requires a lot of upkeep, and before too soon the market will be swamped again with apartments anyway. The entire corner on Kiedricherstrasse is being built over. Seventeen houses or more are being built right now. Father has trouble separating from the house. However, once we receive the interest of the 4,000, we can live wherever we want.<br /><br />We would like you to get the declarations of suretyship for us at this point. Once we have those documents, we will be able to apply. Maybe we can travel next summer. We will not buy the tickets until everything is ready. Nowadays, one has to go to Frankfurt to apply and then to the consulate in Cologne. There, an American doctor performs a medical exam […] Business has not improved yet […] We heard that the Wagner Company intends to go out of business entirely. […]<br /><br />In Nordenstadt, the sparks are flying again. All of a sudden, they are no longer happy with Gretchen. Aunt is afraid of the daughter-in-law and drives everyone [<em>illegible</em>] In addition, Gretchen is apparently not very healthy and even spent a few days in the hospital last week. They instantly wanted to annul the engagement and showered everybody with reproaches (the Ewalds and Miss Weigel). However, the illness does not seem to be too serious, for yesterday she was quite fit again at the mission festival. This is only the beginning of Wilhelm’s path to happiness. We are curious to see how it continues. Wilhelm seems to remain totally uninvolved in all this. I can just imagine the drama on the day the young woman would like to have a new dress. Financially, things are very bad for them. They have no idea where to go from here. […]<br /><br />All the civil servants are on vacation. And so was Reverend Eickmeier, who also went to the synod in Dresden. Father quit smoking again; he has not had any tobacco in the house for weeks. I, too, have had to cut back on my household expenses considerably. However, the two of us don’t really need all that much. Johanna says she wrote quite a long letter to you. I hope it gets there in time for your birthday. We will certainly think about you on that day and eat a piece of prune pie in your honor. Give our regards to Willy as well [...] Cordially, Mother. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caroline Emmel to Karl Emmel, August 23, 1926 Description An account of the resource Letter from Caroline Emmel to her son, Karl Emmel, August 23, 1926. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Caroline Emmel Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Karl Emmel Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Emmel Family Letters Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Emmel family collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1926-08-23 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ruth Emmel Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Emmel_0017 Emmel_1926_08_23 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau Extent The size or duration of the resource. 6 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Scripto Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 100000 1920-1929